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Gulf of Maine

Iron – Residency

5th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Iron
Iron Confirmed in the catalog @10813
Aug 19 – Nov 2, 2025 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Aug – Nov 2025

116 m
Deepest dive
4:48
Longest dive
103
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
75
Deepest dive on record
116 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 19, 2025131 m—116 m
Aug 21, 2025120 m—33 m
Aug 31, 20253 m—3 m
Sep 1, 202547 m—43 m
Sep 2, 202545 m—32 m
Sep 2, 2025146 m—45 m
Oct 22, 202597 m—49 m
Nov 2, 202545 m—37 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 19, 2025 — seafloor 131 m (measured), deepest dive 116 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 21, 2025 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Aug 21Aug 31, 2025 — seafloor 3 m (measured), deepest dive 3 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 1, 2025 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 2, 2025 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 2, 2025 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 2Oct 22, 2025 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Oct 22Nov 2, 2025 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Nov 2

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

116 m
Deepest dive
4:48
Longest dive
103
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
75
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150116 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (131 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Aug 19, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
131 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
3 m – 146 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 28.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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